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Hong Kong Fire Remembrance Sets Poignant Tone at Hainan Film Festival Launch
Amidst the pomp and spectacle of the opening ceremony of the Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF), a quiet remembrance stole…
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Scarlett Johansson in Talks for ‘The Batman 2’
Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to join the cast of “The Batman Part II,” starring opposite Robert Pattinson‘s Caped Crusader. The…
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Es Devlin Joins Homo Faber Biennale 2026 as Artistic Director
Homo Faber Biennial, the international celebration of contemporary craftsmanship in Venice, has lined up the global multidisciplinary…
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‘The Comeback’ Season 3 First Look: Lisa Kudrow Is Back as Andrew Scott Joins the Cast — Valerie Cherish to Star in AI Sitcom
The third season of revived HBO series “The Comeback” has revealed a first-look image at Lisa Kudrow back in action as actress Valerie…
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Glen Powell’s ‘Chad Powers’ Renewed for Season 2 at Hulu
Consider it a touchdown for “Chad Powers“: Glen Powell‘s college football comedy has been renewed for Season 2 at Hulu. The series, which…
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Car-Enthusiast Streaming Service Backed by ‘Top Gear USA’ Host Tanner Foust, ‘Gran Turismo’s’ Emelia Hartford to Launch in Early 2026 (EXCLUSIVE)
An automotive-enthusiast-targeted streaming service called Driven will launch in early 2026 from co-founders including longtime producer…
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Samuel Beckett on the Couch
Bion, who was born in 1897, in Muttra, India, to a European father and an Anglo-Indian mother, moved to England for boarding school at age…
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Director Gustavo Hernández Unpacks AFM Sales Hit ‘The Whisper,’ From the Producers of ‘When Evil Lurks,’ ‘Lobo Feroz’
BUENOS AIRES — Pushing out sales in Germany, the U.S., South Korea, Poland and Thailand and with distribution in Latin America set with…
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Dakota Johnson, Jessica Alba, Ana de Armas, Nina Dobrev, Kirsten Dunst and More Added to Red Sea Conversation Lineup
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival has added a slew of big names to its “In Conversation” lineup, including Dakota Johnson, Jessica Alba…
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‘Harry Potter’ Series Is ‘Such a Delightful Adaptation,’ HBO Max Exec Says: ‘When People Watch It’ They Will Think, ‘These Are the Books’
HBO‘s upcoming “Harry Potter” series is shaping up to be “such a delightful adaptation” of J.K. Rowling’s books, according to HBO Max head…
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Svedka Super Bowl Commercial Will Mix Vodka With AI
A new taste is coming to Super Bowl viewers who have long been accustomed to watching ads for soda, candy, pizza, chips and beer. Svedka…
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Manoj Bajpayee’s ‘The Family Man’ Season 3 Becomes Prime Video India’s Most-Watched Series of 2025 (EXCLUSIVE)
“The Family Man” Season 3 has shattered records to become Prime Video India’s most-watched series of 2025 in its first week, the streamer…
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Rugby World Cup 2027 draw: Englaned and Wales paired together
England and Wales have been paired together in the pool stages of the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia, with Tonga and minnows Zimbabwe…
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How big a miss is Moises Caicedo for Chelsea?
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca certainly knows the importance of Moises Caicedo. Maresca has picked the Ecuadorian midfielder in the…
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‘Mr. Men Little Miss’ Movie in the Works From ‘Paddington’ Producers Studiocanal and Heyday (EXCLUSIVE)
Studiocanal and Heyday Films, who last teamed on the hugely successful “Paddington” franchise, are partnering up again on another prestige…
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Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery combo seen lowering costs for consumers: sources
Alphabet’s YouTube remains the country’s largest streaming platform by viewership Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros…
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Netflix Slams Diddy’s Claims About ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’: ‘This Is Not a Hit Piece or an Act of Retribution’
Netflix came to the defense of its new docuseries “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” on Tuesday night after the film’s subject, Sean “Diddy”…
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Apple Tap to Pay launches in Singapore, allows merchants to use iPhones as contactless payment terminals
Payment platforms Adyen, Revolut, Stripe among first to offer Tap to Pay. Grab will join in 2026. Apple has announced that Tap to Pay on…
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YouTube says it will comply with Australia’s teen social media ban
The Australian ban is being closely watched by other jurisdictions considering similar age-based measures Google’s YouTube said that it…
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50 Cent and ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ Director Break Down Netflix Doc, From Getting Private Video to Whether Diddy Will Work Again: ‘Was It Worth It, Playboy?’
In November 2023, the day that Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, director Alexandria Stapleton and Curtis “50…
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Mark Messier’s Game 7 Brand Expands Into NHL Apparel
Hockey fans are a hardy bunch. So it shouldn’t have been a surprise to find dozens of them lined up outside the NHL Store in Manhattan…
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‘Mad Men’ Hits HBO Max With Errors; Episodes Featuring Crew Members in Shots to Be Corrected
The new 4K remaster of “Mad Men” debuted Monday on HBO Max, and it came with an unexpected barf machine. Variety has confirmed that…
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“Train Dreams” Is Too Tidy to Go Off the Rails
In Clint Bentley’s adaptation of a Denis Johnson novella, Joel Edgerton plays a builder of bridges who finds himself increasingly cut off…
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Cynthia Erivo Reopens Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs With Bravura Performance, After Regaining Lost Voice in the Nick of Time: Concert Review
Finding the ideal artist to reopen the historic Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs might have seemed like a tall order, at least if the…